BIRMINGHAM RIFLE VOLUNTEERS

... I[AM RIFLE . lUNTEEIIS. OF rtlfLZE ?? SHOOTING. ?? ?? of prizes to the sttc-.cs~flt comlpetitors ?? b 1y the b,1-ini;iii it Wile 'VTolnnteer It ?? prac tice range~ at ]Bournbrook, took ?? ~ theTownbill, Jntlr vei3' culcouragitty- cireumstanees. Is first ocQ.O~iof ont which trilot than s an ordinary This Ai~ had beenl ?? to anl event ili killr and it is to he hopled thetb 01 meeting-, ~~will ...

Published: Monday 06 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6982 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE DISTRESS IN THE COTTON DISTRICTS

... TIHE DISTRESS IN THE COOTON DI ST RI CT . MEETING AT WEST BROMWICH LAST NIGHT. A public meeting, called ny Mr. Thomas Jesson, (Chair- isan of the fmprovement Commissioners, was held in St. George's Rall, West Bromwich, last night, for the purpose of considering the best means of contributing to the find now being raised for thle relief of the distressed Lanca- shire operatives. The attendance ...

Published: Wednesday 15 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 641 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND LINE

... ALARlMING ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND LINE On Tuesday some alarm was created in Evesham .by a rusnour circulated about half-past nine o'clock, to the efiect that thc London express train, in passing the Eves- trni station, had come into collision with another train on the sanrc line of rails. The following facts, however, may be relies upon as the true version of the occurrence that Ptve rise to ...

Published: Thursday 23 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 907 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

... FOREIGN. INTELLIGENCE. INDI A. The following is from tile o' rerand summviary of thle Ties of India (Bombay) Of Septemaber 12 Air. mead of thle Jarc li51o, andt, Me. udtge, of tihe Assan CoLitanyll ?? drowed on the mcorning of the floi September at Calcutta, by thle upsetting of a boat. Cholera is deereasing asnesses the tros ?? t ?? 'Chuipates' meotveou apors to be noth infg alarming. The ...

Published: Thursday 16 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 777 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE REV. H. S. FLETCHERS RIGHT TO VOTE FOR AN M.P

... THE REV. II. S. FLETCTJERS WI ,'iXT VOTE FOio AN 51.1'. During tle iprocedilngs o1n Stn.lj y a: iily i- trC Mir. Lister, tlis Revising Un titto, tli,'l! ?? P. i sttion tock placc between Mi. 1I, CxfII, Ir x; Cleik of ilstoen, aild tlc lteviitin luit. - Mr. ?? : 1 s nowv conic to A i Samuel Fleteher. I suppoee you I.t' C stancess The 1Povisiii' 13 sitor : Oh. ;'cs 1 knew tili statuces. The ...

Published: Monday 27 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 783 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE CENSUS OF THE MIDLANDS

... Tho elaborate statistics of the census of 1801 which have just been printed asow that the great increase of population whirli took place in England and Wales during the ten years 1851o61 was very unequally distributed, and that the greatest increase took place in the counties of Chester, Durham, Lancaster, Middlesex, Stafford, Surrey, lVarwick, and the West I iding of York. Warwiskehire ...

Published: Saturday 25 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1424 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

CARIBALDIAN DEMONSTRATION AT CHESTER

... C.ARiBALDIAN DEMONSTRATION Ar c I E S T E R. emn Meontdly, lills were posted at Chester, inviting the i dels of Caribaldi to mect at the Castle Gates. at eight i ?? that evening. The Mayor and Magistrates, appre- 1 d:(lin' that a disturbanice would cnsue if such a meeting t 'oo ulace issued it plaeard, on Monday afternoon, warn- i g 1lhepublie not to attendrsuehai meeting, and intimating hlit ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 566 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

MEETING OF GUARDIANS

... flf The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Guardians was t' 'held in the Becard Rooma yesterday afternoon, Aldermian ?? toYD, Clhairnien, ?? CrFaK having remd the minutes of the last mneeting, which were duly cois- * firmed2 the report ?? nd General Purposes Committees wvere read, and adopted without coniulesit, ---Thle report of the Visiting Committee stated that thle )f Workhouse 'was in a ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2206 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

THE LANCASHIRE DISTRESS

... TIHE LANCASHIRE .)ITlRLESS. FORESTER'S FETE AT lli-IDhI7,,. One of the gaeatest 'saes of our oldl etan'isliel nrtk:rul lenefit societies is, that in times of 5 ge it tititien tley take, by helping their own, a great lirirdon Qit t!:a 1ritirl; and one of the uses of our concert Inril it ?? t!i: it ever open in the cause of echarity lei t r:?; the corncert kall in Coivshill Strcet, under ta. ...

Published: Friday 31 October 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 980 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE JOCKEY CLUB AND THE PRESS

... (Fromt the 1ornting Post.) It appears that the Jockey Club will allow of no cord- ment on their proceedings except such as mny represent their conduct in a favourable light. For a few remarks ea the Tarragona case, written in a spirit of perfect fairness, our correspondent Argus, as will be seen by the doca- mnents which we subjoin, has been, in due form of law, warned off Newmarket Heath, ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1020 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT MALTA

... VAtEsva, October 31.-The Prince of Wales, who is accompanying his sister, the Princess of Prussia, and hor Royal husband, the Crown Prince of Prussia, on a Mediterranean tour, unexpectedly arrived here yesterday morning from Tunis on board the Royal yacht Osborne, escorted by Her Majosty's frigate Doris. The Royal party arrived at Palermo from Narseilles, landed, and went up to Mont Reale. ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 429 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

THE POST OFFICE

... The business of the Post Offlc6, as all the wored knows, is constantly expanding. In 1861-2 the ;unount of postage collected by country postmasters was £129,658., against £132,403. in 1860-1; the amount collected: in the metropolis in 1861-2 ivaq £114,190., against £114,098. in 1860-1; the amount charged against public departfaentc in 1861-2 was £177,941., against £155,915. in 1860-1; the ...

Published: Thursday 27 November 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 949 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News